Steering-gear.



W. LUND & W. B. LLOYD.

STEERING GEAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18. 1914.

Patentd Mar. 28, 1916.

Inventors Attorneys by f I Witnesses 1,

diameter-ed portion and is held UNITED STA TES rAr nr OFFICE. f

WILLIAM runner CATHLAMET, AND wrttmivrs. VLLOYD, orv SKAMOKAWA,"'WASHINGION.;I' 1

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Specification a Lett Amman filed June 18, 1914. Seri a1No. 845,9 8 9.

. To all whom it may concern T States, residing, respectively,at"Cathlamet" and Skamokawa, in the county of Wahmhave invented aakum,State of Washington,

of which the new and useful Steering-Gear, following is a specification.

The presentinvention relates to improvements in steering gears, the samebeing an improvement upon the steering gearshown in our U. S. LettersPatent No. 1,080,766, dated December 9, 1913, one object of theinvention, being the provision of a gear of that type in which thesections of the drum are held together by a spring mounted in one of thesections and adjacent the supporting plate, such inner section beingfurther provided with means for cooperating with a removable pin to lockthe sections against longitudinal movement should the spring becomeweakened or broken.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and'claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of. theinvention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through thecomplete drum and support. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the drum andsupport showing a portion of the wheel. Fig. 3 is an end view of theinner section of the drum, the shaft being shown in section. Fig. 4 is asection taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the supportingmember of the present device, which is provided with the annular flange2,-and with the screw opening 3. and with the central sleeve 4 havingthe flared opening 5 for the reception of the riveted end 6 of the drumcarrying spindle 7. This drum carrying spindle is made with twodiameters for the respective reception of the drum sections 8 and 14,the section 8 being mounted upon the larger diametered portion forboth'rotary and longitudinal movements. while the section 14 is mountedfor rotatory movement upon the smaller against the shouldenbetweenthetwo 'diameteredi portions by the 1 wheel 17 and nut"18.

The drum section .8' is provided with the;

concentric recess 9 in the end adjacent to the supporting member 1 so asto provide the concentric sleeve 10 about which is disposed the'spiralspring 11, such spring bearing against the section 8 to hold it,outwardly from the supporting member 1, in combination with the pins 12and sockets 13 to hold the members 8 and 14: locked to-' gether,-but yetpermit them to be readily disengaged by pushing in upon the member 8 sothat the respective sections may be rotated separately or independentlyas in an... Patented M l}. 28, 1916.

the before mentioned patent so that the respective terminals 24 and 2 1of the cable may be wound independently to take up theslack in thesteering gear.

The steering wheel 17 is properly con nected to the inner'end ofthespindle 7 by" means of the threaded stem 17' and the looking nut 18, ascrew 16 being introduced through the wheel and into the outer section14 of the. winding member so that both sec-- tions will be rotated withthe wheel upon the spindle as is the usual practice- 7 In order toprovide a means for holding the sections of the drums againstlongitudinal movement when they are properly adjusted. the pin 20 isinserted in the respective alined openings 21 and 22 to the rear of thedrum section 8. Thus thepin must be removed before the sections can besepa-' rated to adjust the steering rope or cable.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the respective terminals 2424 of the steeringrope'or cable, are disposed to fit within the respective recesses 23 ofthe members 8 and 14,.

and be clamped therein by means of the clamping plate 25 and the screws26. By this means, the end of the cable is properly positioned withinthe circumference of the respective carrying member and also such endmay be readilv removed by merely removing the plate 25.

\Vhat is claimed is:-

A steering gear, including a supporting member having an annular flange.a double diametered spindle carried by said supporting member, a drumsection mounted for rotatory and sliding movements upon the larger'diametered portion of the spindle and movable within said flange, asecond drum section mounted. for rotatory movement V 1 supportingmembermforz normally holding Witnessesi upon the smaller diameteredportion of the through said flange to prevent the fiistmen-r spindle, aWheel mounted for rotation'upo'n tioned e drum section from. being;released the spindle-adjacent the 'free'enid thereof, fomthe.:secondmentioned. dmun section-Z: 15 said drum sections and wheelhaving inter-T "f In testimony that We-claim theiforegoing 5 engageableportions whereby theyrotate in asonr own, We havehereto aflixedourzsigunison, retaining means engaged upo'l the 1 natures in the presence oftwo witnesses; free end of the spindle to hold :said rumv seotionsandWheel thereon, a spring between the first mentioned drum seetion and f Ir the. two drum sections inengagement; with. one, another, and aremovable p1n: engaged

